THEN
HE STARTED LYING EVEN MORE, INSISTING IF SEQUESTRATION -- A PROCEDURE
HE CAME UP WITH -- WENT INTO EFFECT IT WOULD "LET CRIMINALS GO" -- THAT
LIE WAS SO BOLD EVEN POLTIFACT HAD TO RATE IT MOSTLY FALSE.

KILLER BARRY'S ALL ABOUT THE LIE AS JOHN DICKERSON OF SLATE POINTED OUT: Let's start with the phony call. On Thursday, President Obama called
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
The subject was the sequester, the across-the-board spending cuts set
to kick in March 1. Administration aides privately concede that the
calls were largely for show. The president wanted it to appear as though
he was making an effort to avoid the cuts. If the cuts happen and the
public looks to blame someone, the president can say he tried to reach
out. This strategy achieved a rare level of bipartisan agreement in
Washington. According to GOP aides, their bosses received the calls in
the spirit in which they were dialed—as empty public relations moves
that did nothing to avert the cuts.

KILLER BARRY'S BIGGEST VICTIM, IT TURNS OUT, ISN'T THE CHILDREN HE'S KILLED WITH HIS DRONES. NO, KILLER BARRY'S BIGGEST VICTIM IS THE TRUTH.

It's Friday, the Iraqi Spring continues. Alsumaria reports
today is dubbed "Iraq or al-Maliki." al-Maliki would be Nouri
al-Maliki, the prime minister since 2006 when Bully Boy Bush said no to
the Parliament's choice of Ibrahaim al-Jaafari. In 2010, Iraqis said no
to to Nouri but he refused to step down and the White House again
backed Nouri (though now Barack Obama was president). To get around the
vote and the Iraqi Constitution, the US brokered a contract giving
Nouri a second term in exchange for Nouri agreeing to various demands
from the political blocs signing off on the contract. Nouri used The
Erbil Agreement to grab a second term and then refused to honor his
written promises within the contract. Alsumaria notes
that thousands of demonstrators turned out in Kirkuk and Hawija.
Mohammed al-Jubouri tells Alsumaria that over 15,000 took to the streets
in Hawija for "legal, civil and peaceful demonstrations as guaranteed
in the Constitution." Protesters
also demonstrated in Mosul where Shabak and Yezidis participated and
thousands took part in the ongoing sit-in which has lasted more than 57
days. Alsumaria notes
that participants in Kut included "hundreds" of Shi'ite followers of
Moqtada al-Sadr and that there was a call for an end to the violations
of Palestinians by the Israeli government.

Al Mada notes that the number of participants continued to increase today -- as has happened each Friday over the last three months. One count places the number demonstrating at 3,955,000.
The newspaper notes, in Samarra, a sit-in continues and demonstrators
called for Baghdad to be returned to the citizens of Iraq, the real
owners. Sheikh Mohammed Taha Saadoun said it was time to change hands
of leadership and that government promises continue to go unfulfilled. National Iraq News Agency reports
multiple protests in Diyala Province (including Baquba) and quotes
Sheikh Shibab al-Badri ("Vice President of the clerics of Iraq, Diyala
branch"), stating, "Thousands of participants in the unified prayer
flocked to mosques merging in eight administrative units amid tight
security. Calling on the Iraqi government to speed up the
implementation of constitutional and legitimate usurped rights of the
demonstrators in the provinces." Iraqi Spring MC adds
that the Sheikh said the sit-in continues in support of the detained
and oppressed. Iraqi Spring MC notes that children participated in the
protests in Falluja (here and here). National Iraq News Agency notes
that an Anbar Province coordinating committee member stated, "The
masses determined to topple the government of Maliki that ignore the
restitution of the usurped rights of the people, but cause them harm."
Iraqi Spring MC also offers video of the Tikrit protest and Baiji protests. Protests also took place in Baghdad and Stop Killing Muslims in Iraq posts
this photo of the Baghdad demonstration. And if you're trying to get a
sense of how large the Baghdad group was (it was huge), this photo is a must see.

The protesters are justly demanding:1. The immediate release of detained protesters and dissident prisoners.2 . A stop to the death penalty.3. The approval of an amnesty law for innocent detainees.4. The abolition of anti-terrorism laws (especially Clause 4 used to target them).5. The repeal of unfair rulings against dissidents.6. Fair opportunities for work based on professionalism.7.The end of the use of all military command based on geographic areas.8. The provision of essential services to all areas in Iraq neglected by the state.9.
The holding of all … governmental officials, army or security units who
have committed crimes against dissidents accountable, especially those
who have violated the honor of women in prisons.10. A U.N.-sponsored population count.11.
An end to marginalization, a stop to agitating divisions between ethnic
and religious groups, and a stop to the house raids without legal
warrant based on the information of secret informers.12. A stop to financial, administrative and legal corruption.13.
The combating of sectarianism in all its forms by returning religious
buildings and all religious properties to their rightful owners, and the
abolishment of law No. 19 of 2005.The International
Occupation Network (IAON) welcomes the spread of these non-sectarian
protests and supports the efforts of the Iraqi people to regain their
full independence and national sovereignty. Ten years of foreign
occupation is enough! Ten years of massive human rights violations is
enough! Ten years of corruption and depriving the whole population of
basic services is enough!— The International Anti-Occupation Network / IAON

Nouri continued to use the armed forces to intimidate the protesters. Iraqi Spring MC notes
that Nouri used the forces to arrest and terrorize peaceful
demonstrators (at least three in Mosul -- Rashid Hamid, Faisal Shibley
and Saeed Ali) and they note Nouri's action in an important way -- they
note that the orders came from the Commander-in-Chief . . . and the
Minister of Defense . . . and the Minister of Interior.

Xinhua reports,
"Unidentified gunmen kidnapped eight pro-government militants and
killed seven of them on Friday in Iraq's restive central province of
Salah ad Din, said the local police." Kitabat reports that the eighth is seriously injured. Sameer N. Yacoub (AP) notes that the assailants wore "military uniforms." Alsumaria adds that the assailants used armored vehicles while Reuters notes that the assailants were on motorcycles. AFP locates
the attack "in the village of Halaiwat." The attacked were Sahwa which
have also been called "Awakenings" and "Sons Of Iraq" when male and
"Daughters Of Iraq" when female.

At the April 8, 2008 Senate Armed Services hearing
then-top US commander in Iraq Gen David Petraeus explained that "there
are now over 91,000 Sons of Iraq -- Shia as well as Sunni -- under
contract to help Coalition and Iraqi Forces protect their neighborhoods
and secure infrastructure and roads. These volunteers have contributed
significantly in various areas, and the savings in vehicles not lost
because of reduced violence -- not to mention the priceless lives saved
-- have far outweighed the cost of their monthly contracts." World Bulletin notes, "On February 2, a suicide bomber targeted Sahva forces 20 kilometers away from capital Baghdad and 19 of them were killed, 40 wounded."

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